Bottle opener



Feb. 12, 1929. 1,702,149

R. M. BROWN BOTTLE OPENER Filed Oct. 22, 1926 k VENiToR. I BY @MMPatented Feb. 12, 1929. V 1,702,149

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RAYMOND M. BROWN, or NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.

I BOTTLE OPEN'EB.

Application filed October 22, 1926. Serial No. 14336:.

Hotel operators have experienced considbetween which I pivotally secureone end of erable damage to furniture caused by paa cork screw 8 which,when not in use, will trons attempting to remove metal caps from lieabove and along the leg 2, and when in 45 bottles by squeezing said capsbetween the use will be moved to the position shown in edges of drawersor between doors and door dotted lines. Now it is desirable to lock theframes, also by placing such caps on the cork screw in its inoperativeposition, and edges of furniture; also by placing corks for this purposeI provide the base 1 with in similar positions; another source of dam anundercut lug 9 which is slightly off center 50 age arises from patronsscrewing hooks of relatively to the longitudinal axis of the cork 10various kinds in woodwork upon which to screw, so that in order to lockthe cork hang a razor strop, and it is the purpose of screw to the lug 9it is necesmry to flex the my invention to provide a neat, compact corkscrew slightly to one side so that the and efficient composite articlewhich can point of the screw may pass under the lug. 55

be sold to hotels, and other concerns, which Care should be taken tohave the lug 9 in will entirely eliminate this source of damage properposition to eliminate all possibility and at a comparatively smallprice. of the cork screw being flexed beyond the My invention comprisesa new article of limits of its flex, thereby maintaining the manufacturehaving common base, a cork necessary flexibility of the screw during 60screw, a bottle cap puller, and a razor strop the life of the article.

hook. From the above it will be seen that I have In the drawings:provided a cheap, simple, ornate composite Figure 1 is front elevationof my improved article of manufacture which may be article ofmanufacture. curely fastened in a bath or other room by 6 Figure 2 is avertical longitudinal section means of which caps and corks may be 2 ofFigure 1. quickly removed from bottles and by which The referencenumeral 1 designates the razor strops may be suspended, and by the basewhich is provided with a substantially use of this article damage tofurniture and V shaped intermediate portion formed by wood work isentirely avoided which will 70 the legs 2 and 3. At the apex of this Vresult in a very material saving to hotels,

shaped portion there is found a lip 4 conetc.

stituting a contact portion adapted to catch IVhat I claim is:

under the edge of a bottle cap, as shown in A cork remover having a basedesigned said patent, there being an ear 5 on the base, to be secured toa flat surface and provided which constitutes another contact portion,with a hollow forwardly projecting resuch portion functioning as afulcrum cessed port-ion intermediate the ends thereof,

against which the bottle cap rests when the a corkscrew pivotallymounted exteriorly cap is being removed from the bottle. of said portionto swing in a vertical plane,

At the bottom edge of the base 1 I form and means on the upper end ofsaid base 30 a hook 6 upon which a razor strop may be for holding theend of said corkscrew in hung. inoperative position.

At the apex; of the legs 2 and 3 and on the In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature. outside thereof I provide two spaced ears 7, r RAYMOND M.BROWN.

